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Dementia is a devastating condition that impacts up to 10 percent of older adults. And while there's no cure, getting diagnosed early can help patients get on a treatment plan and families prepare.

Dementia is a devastating condition that impacts up to 10 percent of older adults. And while there's no cure, getting diagnosed early can help patients get on a treatment plan and families prepare.

This is jaw-dropping news. Obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking are among the known risk factors for dementia, a loss of cognitive functioning that affects nearly 7 million Americans.

Older individuals with apparent skeletal muscle mass loss were at greater risk of developing dementia, researchers found. People with low temporalis muscle mass -- a set of jawbone muscles linked to ...

CHICAGO – Skeletal muscle loss is a risk factor for developing dementia, according to a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Skeletal ...

Maintaining muscle might be one way to help prevent dementia, new research suggests. "We found that older adults with smaller skeletal muscles are about 60% more likely to develop dementia when ...